Everton 2024-25: All Roads Lead to Roma; Frie(dkin) to Be You and Me

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Sunny von Bulow
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View: https://twitter.com/Everton/status/1869684109288886346


It's official. American congolmerate The Friedkin Group, film producers, luxe inkeepers, Toyota distributors, and owners of AS Roma, are now majority owners (95%+; there are a few shares in other hands) of Everton FC.

In addition to assuming complete control, The Friedkin Group restructured the crippling debt that had hung around the club's neck over the past several seasons. That debt has been either paid off or repackaged and separated so it is no longer on the club's books or associated with the club in any way.

So, Everton will have money to spend, for the first time in a long time.

Moreover, the persistent, underlying unpleasantness of the Moshiri/Kenwright regime is now gone. Like a bad smell from an unidentified source in the house, it was sometimes stronger than at other times but it never fully went away. Now Mosihiri can be properly lauded for finally delivering a new stadium after several abortive attempts, and hopefully his ruinous record of overpays for players and bad managerial hires can be nothing more than a bad memory.

Leaks have it that DoF Kevin Thelwell, an American, is favored to stay. I think Thelwell has done a decent job under very tough circumstances and while I would understand if they wanted to clean house, I wouldn't be opposed to giving him a run with a decent budget.

Dyche? No word yet. Friedkin has been ax-happy at Roma this season. The terraces at Goodison are tired of Dyche's painfully unadventurous style. It's generally acknowledged that he did great work to keep us up but he's worn out his welcome with game after game of dull, aimless attacking play.

I expect Goodison to be rocking against Chelsea on Saturday.

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum.
 

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As a Liverpool fan I'm hoping for a new ownership bounce for Everton on Saturday.

Mate, i hope Everton can get out of the seemingly never ending doldrums. I was listening to Talk Sport yesterday and one of the presenters hinted that Dyche doesn't expect to be in post much longer - in short, not a man for the future.
 

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As a Liverpool fan I'm hoping for a new ownership bounce for Everton on Saturday.

Mate, i hope Everton can get out of the seemingly never ending doldrums. I was listening to Talk Sport yesterday and one of the presenters hinted that Dyche doesn't expect to be in post much longer - in short, not a man for the future.
No. I would agree. The Freidkins have not hesitated to change managers.
 

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I still think a well off team out there should zig when everyone else is zagging and trying to put out the same technical press and possess sides and see if Dyche becomes Diego Simeone if you give him enough money, but nobody is actually going to do that.
 

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English football is better for having Everton is good hands. It’s going to be a complex process from evaluating the manager to the front office to the roster while moving into a new stadium and projecting new revenues. But those are much bette problems to have.

Before taking action on Dyche, buy out Ashley Young and see what that does for the squad.
 

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Didn't Burnley try when they made it to the UEL?
In the end, Max Cornet was (one of) their biggest signing(s)
I don’t know if Burnleys brief Icarus moment was enough to test the “what if you have gave Dyche a lot of money to spend” theory.
 

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English football is better for having Everton is good hands. It’s going to be a complex process from evaluating the manager to the front office to the roster while moving into a new stadium and projecting new revenues. But those are much bette problems to have.

Before taking action on Dyche, buy out Ashley Young and see what that does for the squad.
Why would you buy out Ashley Young? He's been one of the best players on the team
 

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My apologies. I have not kept or knew that Ashley Old found a fountain of youth.
 

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If only Everton could score some goals. Do they have any targets for the January window?
There are no hot rumors at the moment.

most fans would tell you there are more goals in this side than Dyche is inclined or able to coax out of it. But to be fair he has at least restored the defensive solidity- back to back clean sheets vs Arsenal and Chelsea ain’t chicken feed.
 

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The attack produces much less threat than the sum of its parts. Neither Doucoure nor McNeil succeed in consistently creating chances in the middle of the pitch. And now Dyche has the perfect man for the job in Ndiaye isolated on the left while DCL remains begging for service. Dyche is just too stubborn and risk averse to take the club forward. He's the one who's most auditioning for his job in the second half of the season. If he stays, DCL should go so he (and we) can find out just how high his ceiling is with a surrounding cast that is looking to provide him opportunities. I rate him very highly.
 

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The attack produces much less threat than the sum of its parts. Neither Doucoure nor McNeil succeed in consistently creating chances in the middle of the pitch. And now Dyche has the perfect man for the job in Ndiaye isolated on the left while DCL remains begging for service. Dyche is just too stubborn and risk averse to take the club forward. He's the one who's most auditioning for his job in the second half of the season. If he stays, DCL should go so he (and we) can find out just how high his ceiling is with a surrounding cast that is looking to provide him opportunities. I rate him very highly.
Co-sign all of this except wanting Dom to leave.